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A good selling article r. the gsrter Tbis
very practical, and. IN old DAYS. never
mentioned above whisper article. Inns
bacoma quite feature in the show reqos
u is no longer a secret that ladies wear
g0rters these being numbered with popu.
lnr presentation lsfts FOR BIRTHDAYS. we'd.
q Rgs and other occasions The parters
arc ~ colOred silk elastic. or ~ fine
leather usually the former and fastened
with gold or silver buckles md CLASPS.
THESE buckles or clasps IRE variously de-
coratcd, the very newest style being Der.
bnps decorative monogram appiied.
etched or traced on with enameI.-.Tewcl.
or's Circular.
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Tho Thronr ON Broadvay.

Shopkeepers along Broadway below
Fourteenth street say that the surface
cars on TINT thoroughfare have taken
away many Of the familiar personaoes
who used 20 walk up town from their Of
fices 20 study the passing throng. a vet
Gran stOrekeeper says that not many years
ago he could tell the time Of day by stand
Ing outside and noticing the faces that
passed him. Dozens OF men would not
vary more than I'VE minutes IN months
In their daily walk. They scan the crowd
nowadays from the front platform Of the
broadway cars New York Sun
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The heat n fire is very liable IN put a
piano ont NJ tuSc This ~ not due 10 the
tpanding md contracting Of the strings
NJ generally supposed. hut 10 the varia.
lions produced in Vie sounding boards m
Or the influence ~ the increased drvpesq
~ the air. especially go furnace hented
houses Sounding boards are made II
FIrucc. because ~ The superior resonance
~ tnat timber Int spruce, ~ all woolls
~ most affected Ivy changes IN tempcra.
ture. New York sun.
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\ Generous and Extensive Loan

An earnest Christian lady makes
the following offer TO our readers
- viii loan, free of postal and all
charges To such Of your readers as
will promise q ca. cful reading and
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i want 10 put this book into the
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Frank LcsIic's Sunday Magazine


The September number of this
welcome magazine brings together
large number of pleasant articles
combining instruction and entertain
ment, and all breathing forth a high
moral spirit, though carefully
avoiding the teaching Of any special
religious doctrines. Among the
important articles may he found
one Ivy Walter Edgar Mccain on
The Rise and Growth of our
National Capital" which is fully
illustrated with portraits and views
of the City of Washington and
those who have made it famous.
The Domcsday Book of William
the Conqueror," rs a curious excur-
sion into the fields OF archaeology.
and a fac-simile of page Of the
lannon's book is shown. Our
sweetheart is tender short story
Ivy Mrs. Denison Professor Proc
tor discourscs learncdly on the
Origin Of Mctcors and Comets. Sc
and &. +. Holden on The Monster
Seas eTpcnts Of the Crctaccous
Seas Several very beautiful full
page illustrations are given, repro
duced from famous modern paint
ings. DIR. Taimagc contributes i
stirring sermon on The Secret
Society" and discusses timely
matters editorially. The two serial
stories both keep up aud indeed
increase their interest, and the short
articles and poems arc very good
and entertaining.
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Modest.

III YOU please, mann. mother
wants to borrow your tin bucket"
What does she want with III"
she wants to put corn meal in
(which one does she wan,i"
1.-The biggest one, if you please
mann"
well, here it is; but be sure to
bring it back rs soon rs she gets
through with it,"
III You please, mann, she wants
10 know if you won't let her have
the corn-meal to put in it ."-CHtca-
90 Leader.
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The CeredO Advance.
Our Book Table.
THE NEW HUMOROUS BOOK.
samantha at Saratoga"
Nv Josiah Alienss Wlfe

One of the most prominent
pcrsonaScs of the literary world
just now is Miss Marietta Hulley
popularly known as Samantha
Allen, or Josiah Aliens wife. She
became favorite very early in her
literary career, and each new Issue
from her pen has added to her fame,
until. for her latest work Samantha
ut Saratoga" Messrs. Hubbard
Brothers paid her princcly sum,
and the hook is decidedly a hit. II
will doubtless outscll all her previ.
ous issues- as it unques,ionably
outshincs them all in the fascinating
vein OF humor in which Miss Hollcy
is so happy and so rich.
Preparing for this work. Miss
flolley went To Saratoga and spent
an entire season, with eyes AMI ears
open, and with brain and pencil
vigorously at work. She went ~
her famous assumed role of Josiah
Aliens wife, her Imaginary Josiah
ut her side. with his characteristic
hlunders, faur pas, and quick, boy
like enthusiasm. As Samantha
Allen, Miss Iiollcy is observant,
unsophis,icatcd, outspoken, and
sound To the core on every question
of proprictv. Such couple i'm the
whirl of Saratoga would certainly
develop many remarkable situations
add utter many funny comments
Ii is here the humor of the book
arises. Plain, back country, village
life, and gay, artificial Saratoga life
are so wide apart, that each side be-
comes ludcrous TO the other. These
ludicrous, laugh provoking contrasts
are the dominant features of Miss
Hollev's book.
To these matchmaking prcscn.
iations of the author the artists pen
Gil has added rich entertainment.
Over 4 hundred drawings have
been made especially to illustrate
the text by Frederick Opper, the
leading artist of pick. Burt vii.
der too, has done share III en-
helTshing this attractive book.
These artists make their pictures
talk, and between the text and tn,
talk of the pictures the reader looks
and laughs and laughs and looks
again. Altogether, the book is
rare product, and It's purchasers will
not be disappointed. Published bv
Hubbard Brothers, Philadelphia.
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The Best and Cheapest College.


over 30 young men fr I'M eighteen
States entered the Commercial College
of Kentucky University, Lexington.
N.Y., the past three months. This Col
eye received the Highest Honor and
Gold Medal at the Worlds Exposition
over al other Colleges for System Of
housekeeping and Business Education.
III Is situated in the beautiful, healthy.
and renowned city of Lexington, Ky.
accessible hy the leading railroads.
Arrange now to enter this College dur
ing the spring or summer months, as
: - uuents can enter any time. The
President of this renowned COLLEGE, has
sent the Editor of this paper Full
Scholarship to his College. and an am
pitlous young man will find IL TO his
advantage TO call AMI see the Editor.
Read advertisement of this College i'm
another column, and write for particu-
lars to its President, WILBUR II. SMITH.
Lexington. Ky.
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All in your cyc-thc cornea-
Puck.
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III. chllI. and ror.r-

\ family Of Florida natives recently
passed through Gainesville. four Of whom.
boys from g 10 10 years old, were almost
exactly the samo size and weight. The
father explained that whore they emma
from the chills and fever were 10 bad tho,
The children stopped growing when they
were about 9 years old. Chicago Herald
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Germany already possesses COO. 900
fqunrc miles n territory in africa. nv
ore1 ih1t i5 equal 10 France. Germany
all Austria
The Cecil Whig., 1887-05-21
A Di-gusted and Denunciatory Democrat

From the following paragraphs from a
late Washington letter, it is likely to be
thought that that eminent and fervid
Western democr. Coz. Donan, is dis
satisfied with something or other connec-
ted with the present administration of
national affairs. By the way, has the
colonel ever attended paper Hunt?"
In spite of all the gush and twaddle
and mol;,sse -and-Warer sloo of toadying
organs and office hankerlng scribblers,
this administration strikes me as a dreary,
dismal, damned failure. 1t came in
promlsin. everything, and 1t has done
next to nothing, and much of the little
il has done had tar better have been left
unu, ne The country has for years
groaned under a system of war taxation
III time of peace, that piles up i'll the
Treasury $l2 900, 900 month OF revenue
excess. An exaction so monstrnus would
drive almost any other nation on earth to
revolution This much-trumpeted dem
ocratic-reform administration has done
nothing to tighten this intolerabe bur
den These swelling millions on millions
of useless and wicked surplus must either
be boarded in the Treasury as an incen
tive to political burglary, OF spent III
sy ystem on the globe by buying up the
bonds on which it is based, and that
means an indefinite contraction of the
currency and ultimate disaster to every
business interest. TINS vastly bepuifed
administrator has done nothing to rem
edy this evil and dangerous condition of
affairs 1t has done nothing toward
amending the inequalities and the ini
& ba which re yrb n +
had denounced for years. 1t has done
nothing to curb the importation of mil
lions of foreign outcasts, the paupers and
criminals of all creation. 1t has done
nothing to promote the purity of the
ballot-box. 1T has done nothing to re-
store American commerce and shipping
to their once proud pre- eminence on the
seas. 1t has done nothing to foster trade
relations with our American nelghbor
nations.
Some things, | admit, it has done. 1t
has married two or three new wives. 1t
has baptized one standard oil baby with
as much fiummery and tiunkeyism as if
it had been Spanish lntanta with 100
grandfatherS, or a royal Russian ear
cub with a name as long as a fishing
pole. 1t has brought black poodes into
fashion, ana lnaugurated more nauSeat
ing tricks OF servile tawning and soft
squashy pancgyrlc than any other outfit
that ever wallowed in the White House.
1t has demuraliZed the finest postal ser
yice under the sun by appointing tens of
thousands of ignorant and incompetent
substitutes for trained officials. 1t has
sent horde of ancient and uncouth foS-
sis of the ichthyosaurian period in poll
ties to represent our mighty New World
republic at foreign courts, AMI render us
laughing stock to all the world. And
it has passed and signed that master
piece of malignant jackassery. the inter
state commerce destl uction bill, which,
If enforced, will speedily drive the whole
country INTO bankruptcy.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-05-21

nckoIy asks lNe II remember how the
old country schoolmaster used to use a
well seasoned branch when lessons were
remiSS or co duet tCo bad, while with
the walnut, the buttcrnut and iilbert il
IONS III calling to mind those long winter
evenings III the country. when IA crack
Ing tIIe with a plentiful supply of huts
and apples were tie only amuscments
within our reach.
In short, all tie trees have something
to say Ia these who love and listen to
th'm. lu. srace i"rbids further c"nver-
Sdtlrn with tn, III Ucw. We should al
rejoice that Arbor Day was so we'll kept
Let all Practical days be albor days lei
MS ice, ne acquainted with the trees We
plant, and, above all, let us remember
their names while we cherish them fol
both their beauty and their usefulness.
Hull.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-05-21
THE. OLD STORY.

Thus it is our daughters leave IT'S,
Those We love and those who love us.
just when they have learned To help us.
w hen We are old and lean upon them,
Comes IA youth with Haunting feathers,
With his flute of reeds, stranger
Wanders, piping through the village,
Beck ous To he tairest maiden,
And she follows where he leads her,
Leaving all things for the stranger.
-Lonlfeliow.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-05-21
OIL! MY BACK. MY BACK!

~ RELIEVED IN ONE MINUTE.
NIX Aching backs, hips, and sides, kidney
or n and uterine pains, weakness and intlam-
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sudden, sharp and nervous pains, coughs.
EH' colds and strains relieved in one min
ute by that new, original, elegant and infallihlo
antidote to pain and Inflammation, the Cuticura
Anti-Pain Plaster. % cts; for 81 Mt all drug
gists or Potter Drug and Chemical Co., Boston.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-05-21

Elk \ ECk, august Hun. IsNI.
To L. G. STHcKLANp:
! have been using III" Star Bone Phosphate
with other l'ho~l mates and think il pays m" bet
ter lhau the best ot them on either Cnru or Wheat
aud / intend 10 usc "a liiis fan inr Wheat.
Yours &c., WlI. l.. CROUCH.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-05-21

FLk n X. august TUIh, INS0.
l.. &. STRICErNNp:
Dear Nir:-l have used voUr star Bone fhus-
plate for several wears and it has always givcn
me entire satisfaction. used iron 200 10 jJ lbs
per acre ON ny Wheat last tail and thrc>Elcd -
bushels heat per acre.
viii use It tLiS tall on my Wheat rs it lays
me better than any other fbu-pharr ! ever used.
Yours truly, \. STANLEY.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-05-21
Prepared only by P0ND'S EXTRACT &C
NEW YORK AND LONDON.

VANTED-W WOMAN, active and
w intelligent To represent established hus-
ness in own locality. Permanent position and
good salary. References exchanged.
GAY MFG co, Ii Barclay ST., New York
The Cecil Whig., 1887-05-21

p G.. STRICKLAND:
H,Gr Ntr:-l have used y"ur star Bone Phes-
pHtc and il mas AWAY gwen me entire -a,Ist:t,-
II"it. and | intend tr use II tins tall o}, Wn"n-
Yours truly L. \ RiCAkD>
The Cecil Whig., 1887-05-21

"" NTTT77,
MHIIANI .IEFFEkS

l.. G. STrICE1.AND:
p'ar %ir:-l have used your Star Bone IhnS
phatr on Corn ana Wheat and think II Is the
best Phosphate lave used ana | Will t on
my Wheat this iili. Truly Yours
N
The Cecil Whig., 1887-05-21
TAS. r. McCULIOUGii.
ATTORNEY ATLEW
AND
SOLICITOR IN CHANCE

Careful attention given to the practice o. his
profession in all its branches.
O"!ce in the new huildIn&. on Main street
nearly opposite the Natio"al Bank of .k'un.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-05-21
HIRES IMPROVED
IL FOOT REER

Pack rgc ~ cents makes gallons of delicious.
sparkli temperance beverage. Strengthens and
puriheS tie blood. Its purity and dehcacy com
mend il to all. Sold by druggists Sterckeepers.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-05-21
This Wonderful Driving Cart Has No Equal !

1t is the only that be adjusted suit the rider
The springs be changed to suit the load road in five
seconds This very valuable that other
has. Where other carts have from feet spring. the
has foot spring. giving much elasticity than
any other cart made.
This EAsN-RIDNG has o bars climb in
getting in and of the This makes it desirable all
classes of persons. guarantee have less horse
motion than any other and give h0ck0Om for easy
horse travel than any other made.
The wonderful actions OF the springs make it by far
FINEsT-RIDING CART yet made.
A Test-Face 2x4 scanling to 10 feet apart
road and then drive them fast your horse
and will guarantee that the rider shall not be
and where you go.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-05-21
None Produce Eettrr Results.

iLKruN. H., Aug. 18th, 1856.
MIR. J.. &. STRICKLAND:
E'Gr Sri have used the Star Bone Phosphate
iUT Il number 0t years and have been iuly salts
he'd with the results upon the crops raised from
ITS application. This year the return from the
wheat crop, both i'll this county and Dorchester
county. have been very encouraging. | know OF
II" manufactured manure that produces better re
suits. Very respectfully.
1T. MCCULLOUGH.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-05-21

II Pays Him Better Than Any Other.
ELK NECK, Aug. 10th, 1856
J.. &. STRICKLAND:
i'"Gr Sri have used your Star Bone PhuS-
ph.tc ON cOrn oats and wheat. and | think il
pays me better than any other phosphate ] have
used, and will aSc it wheat this tall.
Yours. Ne. JOHN L. LEE.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-05-21
WESLEY FALLS,
SURVEYOR & C0NVEYANCER.
NORTH EAST, MD.


Intending to devote my whole time 70 the bust
ness. the patronage Of the public Is respectfully
solicited Office in Grants furniture store. North
East. IRON to 3 O'Clock. Home morning and
evening. Iuly5 SIT
The Cecil Whig., 1887-05-21
star Zone vs.. Other Phosphate.

STAR E0ne vs. Other FhOsphate.
ELKrON. Aug 18TH lNS5.
.. e. ,IrEIcKLANn:
roar Sri have used your Star Bone PEos-
Phatc aioGg>Idc oi other phuSphates claiming To
ne rs good. hHt the Star Bone has always done
the best Tor Inc and will use ii on my next crop
OF what. Respectfully yours
WILLIAM SMITH
The Cecil Whig., 1887-05-21
Enteud, TO Use 1t Hereafter.

Eniend, 10 Use It Hereafter.
ELKToN. Aug. 18th. 1856.
=. I. SrR'cKLAND:
Hcdr Sri have used the Star Bone Phosphate
ion >,y"lli wears and | hpd it pays me better
than any other phosphate have ever used. and
intent To continue to use it. Truly yours,
GEORGE G. WEAVER
The Cecil Whig., 1887-05-21
GIVE IT a E-ATR TRTA
FARMERS OF CECIL, AND
you WILL CONTINUE TO USE 1T!
AS evidence its value read following testimonials OF
wc-known Farmers:


ELKrGN. Aug. 18th. 1886.
T. &. sTUicELANn:
b'Gr Mr:-l have used your Star Bone Phns
T:iIr Tor several wears. ana sometimes alongside
e. other PhusI'hatcS. ami have had better re-
suL> lruGl il than any other ever used.
| raised in 1881 scvcntN-tiVc bushels of corn to
the acre. and fh harvest had tive OrSiN bushels
OF wheat per acre ruurc where used star Bone
Jiian wHcTc used other phosphate alongside OF
it. Yours very respectfully.
BENZ. ID. BOWEN.
Used il nn Corn and Wheat for Seven Years.
ELK NECK, Ang. 18th. 1856.
To y. G. STRICKLAND:
l have been using the star Rome Phosphate on
turu aud Wheat Iar seven Years alongside OF
other l'nosi,ha and think it pays me better
than any other II rs, ,,latc have ever used and
viii use 1t tur wheat this fall
W. X. STACkHOUSE.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-05-14
Too Many Railways.

There are, it is said, about 1926. 900
miles of railroad in this country, much
more than there ought to be. It has
often been asserted that 1000 people
are required to support a mile of road,
and we have more than a mile to every
500. In no other land are there any
thing like so many railways, and they
have all been built within Sc years. In
1880 there were 23-miles of road; in
1910, nearly 5000; in 1850, 5000, and
in 1861. 10000 miles were in operation.
In tho past Is years more roads have
been built than were built during the
previous 40. Railroad building is ir-
regular. We overbuild for a while, and
then a reaction ensues. In 1882 we
built 1850 miles; in 1883, 1000 miles.
and we are at present building 1000 or
5000 miles q year. The average cost
of construction and equipment Of q
railroad is $4,000 a mile. The value
of railway property in the United
States is enormous-about one seventh,
it is said, of the entire property of the
republic. The excessive building will
no doubt continue. Many persons pre-
dict that at the close of the century we
shall probably have 100000 miles. It
scarcely seems credible, but it may be,
nevertheless. The trouble is that paral-
telling continually goes on. The men
Immediately interested in the construc-
ton make money, and do not care a
fig for the stockholders and the general
public. Enterprise is often another
name for downright swindling.-M r
Commercial Advertiser.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-05-14
The Isle of Man.

In the midst of the Irish Sea, at about
an equal distance from England, Scot
land and ireland. is situated a small is.
land, thirty-three miles long, twelve
miles broad and about 100 miles in cir
conference, which bears the name Of
the Isle of Man. Whence it derived
this name is uncertain. Some say that
it comes from a Saxon word, mang,
which means surrounded; others from a
Scandinavian word, mon, signifying
isolated, to which. it is said, Cesar gave
a Latin termination, calling it Mona.
According to some philologists it is the
Sanscrit word MAJ equal to know,
and was so called because it was the
abode of "holy, wise men," viz: the
Druidic priests. The Mona to which
Tacitus refers is undoubtedly Angle-sea,
for he speaks of the infantry of Suction
Jus crossing from the mainland in fiat.
bottomed boats, and Of horses swim
ming across and fording the stream;
but It is not improbable that the same
word was used by Caesar to designate
this remote island also, especially if the
last derivation be accepted. as the
Druids occupied both islands. The ma
lives call it In their tongue Mannin (ss
being the Celtic for island), which some
render into 1.-THE middle island" and
others ''the island of tho wise men,"
They also speak of it as Mannin-veg.
veen (the dear little Isle of NAM and
ELAN Vannim. Some regard the name
as a corruption of Name, tho surname
of St. Patrick; but both words may
have been derived from the same root.
The Danes and Mortimer appear to
have pronounced it Maun.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-05-14
Fault Finding at Table.

Woo betide the woman married to q
man who Systematically growls at the
table! Life brings her neither peace
nor happiness; three times a day her
tyrant growls and snarls like any 9TH
CIR wild animal over his food. l know
a man of this kind oncc. and how l
pitied his wife and daughters. One of
tho latter married in haste one day
joined her fortunes with those of q
comparatively poor man, not exactly
in the same set rs she was accustomed
to live in, simply to have her meals in
peace. 1t is said that she made her
future husband swear that he would
never make Il fuss over his dinner. and
I understand that they are to-day the
happiest couple living. Reconciliation
took place before they were married,
but they left before the nuptial break
fast-we all remarked that-and
though of course, she visits the house,
nothing could ever induce her to take
q meal there. She is y woman of spir-
it. AS for the mans wife-poor wo-
man! May be in younger days she
might have thought of possible relief
by means of divorce, and they do say
-mlnd you, 1 DO not assert 1t, though
it did come from Il distinguished jurist
that something of this kind was en-
tertained; but such a plea of mental
insanity, when only food was placed be-
fore him, could not be advanced, for in
every other relation of life-that is to
say save when at the table-he was
amiability itself. If he were only
younger the habit might be whipped
out of him; as it is. il can only DO
borne with patience. Springfield Un-
ion.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-05-14
Only a Habit.

Judge McCuc of California, now in
Washington, told q friend a few days
ago that he had solved the food prob
lem, and that he could live in Washing
ton on 10 cents a day. Asked for an
explanation, he said: Il usually turn
out at about II o'clock and take break
fast. l go TO the dairy around the
corner and buy q cup of coffee for five
cents, and with the other five cents l
get five Maryland biscuit"
''Well, that exhausts your 10 cents,
judge; how do you got your other
mealsp"
Il am coming to that presently, my
friend. Don't be impatient and you
shall have the whole story. My break
fast is eaten slowly and we'll digested.
It generally lasts me until about 4
o'clock in the afternoon. At that time
the gnawing of hunger begins to assert
itself. This is where my discovery
comes in. l always 60 provided with
several pieces of alum. When l begin
to get hungry I place n of these bits
of alum in my mouth and allow it to
slowly dissolve. The effect is that it
contracts the throat and the stomach,
and the sensation of hunger disappears.
l repeat this dose until bedtime, and l
fall asleep like a child. Gentlemen, let
me tell you that eating is nothing but a
habit after all."-M Y. Tribune.